Out-of-Bounds Affecting ghostscript-tools-printing package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-GHOSTSCRIPTTOOLSPRINTING-6040863
  • published31 Oct 2023
  • disclosed6 Nov 2019

Introduced: 6 Nov 2019

CVE-2020-27792  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 ghostscript-tools-printing.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript-tools-printing package and not the ghostscript-tools-printing package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A heap-based buffer overwrite vulnerability was found in GhostScript's lp8000_print_page() function in the gdevlp8k.c file. This flaw allows an attacker to trick a user into opening a crafted PDF file, triggering the heap buffer overflow that could lead to memory corruption or a denial of service.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1